Everyone knows what 'performance' meant for IT in the past. However the IT landscape is evolving rapidly. Plus, as processes become more interrelated and complex, IT is being called upon to solve challenging new problems – and implement new projects, both with higher service levels and in a more cost effective manner. IBM® has the systems, software and expertise to help clients implement projects that make their IT an enabler of innovation and a catalyst for business change in this new world of critical information.

Today’s IT performance means delivering services faster, with higher quality and with superior economics. The emerging measures of IT performance are around agility and the ability to help the business capitalise on new opportunities. IT is measured on providing an infrastructure that can handle rapid growth and manage business risk while meeting higher required service levels. Of course it is expected that new services will be delivered within tighter budget constraints – with IT expected to do more with less and find the most efficient solutions possible.

Designed for virtualised consolidation of business-critical workloads, the IBM Power 770 delivers on performance, availability, efficiency and virtualisation in a way that is distinctive in the industry. PowerVM virtualisation enables continuous, dynamic resource adjustments across all partitions and operating environments to optimise performance and enable higher utilisation levels while optimising energy usage. Supported environments include AIX, IBM i, Linux® for Power applications, all on the same system.

Feature

Benefits

Leading-edge POWER7+ performance

Better customer satisfaction due to improved response time to your customers

Infrastructure cost savings from a reduction in the number of servers and software costs

Nine hours per day, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays), next business day for one year at no additional cost; onsite for selected components; CRU (customer replaceable unit) for all other units (varies by country). Warranty service upgrades and maintenance are available.

1 Live Partition Mobility is not supported on IBM i 6.12 Active Memory Sharing requires AIX 5.3-12 SP5, IBM i 6.1 or later, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 for Power or later, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 or later.3 Requires two or more building blocks (nodes)4 General availability, April 25, 20146 See Facts and Features for specific supported operating system levels7 Weight will vary when disks, adapters and peripherals are installed

POWER7® means high performance, high capacity, and near linear scaling. The benchmark and performance data below demonstrate how IBM solutions can be optimised for a wide variety of workloads, each one providing you with performance you can count on.

Multiuser performance

Technology

Chips

Cores

Threads

GHz

rPerf*

CPW**

POWER7

2

16

64

3.1

165.3

88,800

POWER7

4

32

128

3.1

306.74

155,850

POWER7

6

48

192

3.1

443.06

229,800

POWER7

8

64

256

3.1

579.39

292,7001

POWER7

2

16

64

3.3

173.1

93,000

POWER7

4

32

128

3.3

321.2

162,000

POWER7

6

48

192

3.3

464.0

252,700

POWER7

8

64

256

3.3

606.8

321,100

POWER7

2

12

48

3.5

140.75

73,100

POWER7

4

24

96

3.5

261.19

131,050

POWER7

6

36

144

3.5

377.28

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POWER7

8

48

192

3.5

493.37

248,5501

POWER7

2

12

48

3.7

147.5

77,000

POWER7

4

24

96

3.7

273.7

135,900

POWER7

6

36

144

3.7

395.4

211,000

POWER7

8

48

192

3.7

517.0

270,500

POWER7+

4

16

64

3.8

219.3

110,000

POWER7+

8

32

128

3.8

410.8

191,500

POWER7+

12

48

192

3.8

570.1

290,500

POWER7+

16

64

256

3.8

729.3

379,300

POWER7+

4

12

48

4.2

184.2

90,000

POWER7+

8

24

96

4.2

345.1

154,800

POWER7+

12

36

144

4.2

478.9

242,600

POWER7+

16

48

192

4.2

612.7

306,600

1 The 64-core system was configured with two 32-core partitions. The 48-core system was configured with two 24-core partitions.

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Next generation applications for big data and analytics and cognitive computing are providing unprecedented insights into opportunities, threats and efficiencies. IBM Power Systems is at the forefront of delivering solutions to gain faster insights from analysing both structured information and unstructured big data. With the secure, flexible and open platform of IBM Power Systems plus solutions and software, organisations can outpace their competitors by delivering faster services, providing differentiated offerings and turning operational cost into investment opportunity.

Next generation applications for big data and analytics and cognitive computing are providing unprecedented insights into opportunities, threats and efficiencies. IBM Power Systems is at the forefront of delivering solutions to gain faster insights from analysing both structured information and unstructured big data. With the secure, flexible and open platform of IBM Power Systems plus solutions and software, organisations can outpace their competitors by delivering faster services, providing differentiated offerings and turning operational cost into investment opportunity.

To draw insights and make better decisions, businesses rely on the secure, flexible and open platform of IBM Power Systems. Built with the first processor designed for big data workloads, the design of Power Systems combines the computing power, memory bandwidth and I/O in ways that are easier to consume and manage, building on strong resiliency, availability and security.

To draw insights and make better decisions, businesses rely on the secure, flexible and open platform of IBM Power Systems. Built with the first processor designed for big data workloads, the design of Power Systems combines the computing power, memory bandwidth and I/O in ways that are easier to consume and manage, building on strong resiliency, availability and security.

IBM Power Systems deliver flexibility and choice of operating systems to enable your business to support the next generation applications for big data and analytics and cognitive computing that are transforming how organisations work today. Whether running 1, 2, or all 3 - coupled with PowerVM, they maximise the benefit of Power Systems in your business.

IBM Power Systems deliver flexibility and choice of operating systems to enable your business to support the next generation applications for big data and analytics and cognitive computing that are transforming how organisations work today. Whether running 1, 2, or all 3 - coupled with PowerVM, they maximise the benefit of Power Systems in your business.

Transform your business with Systems Software that enables virtualisation, high availability, flexibility, security and compliance on Power Systems™. IBM’s integrated approach to developing Systems and Systems Software together delivers optimised results with Power Systems.

Transform your business with Systems Software that enables virtualisation, high availability, flexibility, security and compliance on Power Systems™. IBM’s integrated approach to developing Systems and Systems Software together delivers optimised results with Power Systems.

As an open innovation platform, Power Systems is optimised for big data and analytics performance and to deliver scale-out economics and security for the cloud. IBM and IBM Business Partner solutions exploit key capabilities in IBM Power Systems.

As an open innovation platform, Power Systems is optimised for big data and analytics performance and to deliver scale-out economics and security for the cloud. IBM and IBM Business Partner solutions exploit key capabilities in IBM Power Systems.

Over the last five years thousands of clients have migrated to IBM Power Systems for choice and flexibility. Learn how Power Systems has helped them revolutionise the way IT is developed and delivered, optimise for big data and analytics, and support private, public and hybrid offerings for scale-out or scale-up implementations all while improving business performance, reducing risk, and establishing a platform for growth.

Over the last five years thousands of clients have migrated to IBM Power Systems for choice and flexibility. Learn how Power Systems has helped them revolutionise the way IT is developed and delivered, optimise for big data and analytics, and support private, public and hybrid offerings for scale-out or scale-up implementations all while improving business performance, reducing risk, and establishing a platform for growth.